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Europe/During-Jamboree
From 2013.igem.org
Campus plan
Please follow the link Media:PlanINSA.pdf in order to find the INSA campus map. In order to get a map of the campus having all the locations highlighted please go to Media:IGEMCampusMap_EXTRA.pdf.
Welcome and check in
Check in for the jamboree will take place on Friday, October 11th starting with 4pm at the Double Mixte building. Team leaders will be handed over a team bag containing everything necessary from badges to meal tickets. Check in will end at 9pm.
Friday rehearsals
Rehearsal rooms are located in the Humanités Building. They will be open on Friday, October 11th between 5pm and 8pm. Each team will be able to reserve a time frame of 30 minutes within the aforementioned time interval. Online rehearsal room reservations will be available soon!
Opening ceremony
A brief Opening ceremony of 30 minutes will be held at the Double Mixte and will begin on Saturday, October 12th at 9am. The ceremony will be preceded by a 1 hour long reception at the Double Mixte, during which participants will be able to enjoy breakfast.
Lectures
Lectures are scheduled to start on Saturday, October 12th at 9:45am. They will be hosted in six lecture halls:
| Building | Hall |
|---|---|
| Amphi Lespinasse | Amphi Lespinasse |
| Amphi Seguin | Amphi Seguin |
| Freyssinet | Freyssinet |
| C. Chappe | Chappe |
| G. Ferrié | AE1 |
| G. Ferrié | AE2 |
Teams are awarded 20 minutes of presentation, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A time. Team switching on the presentation stand should not take more than 5 minutes. A more detailed schedule will be posted soon.
Poster session
The Double Mixte will host the poster session on Saturday, October 12th between 5:15 pm and 6:45 pm.
iGEM from above
The group photo is scheduled on on Sunday, October 13th at 11 am. Further details will come soon.
Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony will be held at the Double Mixte shall start on Sunday, October 13th at 8:30 am with a breakfast reception of 30 minutes. Following this, the floor will be taken by iGEM HQ representatives and by Alain Mérieux, the founder of BioMerieux. This company is the major private sponsor of the European iGEM Jamboree 2013. Afterwards, the finalists will be presented between 9:30am and 11am. The awards will be granted from 1pm.
Food
- Friday: the dinner will be provided within the INSA restaurant “Castor et Pollux” from 7pm to 8pm (for those of you who will arrive later on Friday, lunch bags will be provided until 9 pm). Your team bag will also contain meal tickets.
- Saturday: all the food will be provided in the “Double Mixte”, whether it be breakfast , breaks between the presentation sessions, lunch, breaks during the poster session and dinner before the social event.
- Sunday: a brunch will be provided in the “Double Mixte”.
Vegan meals are foreseen, according to the requests during registration.
Special awards
Coming soon.
Informal awards ceremony
The informal awards ceremony is a part of the Social Event that we're preparing for you! A prize will be given for each of the following categories: Best LOGO, VIDEO, TEAM PHOTO, T-SHIRT and GOODIES. Feel free to be as creative as you want since every team is nominated in all 5 categories!
Social event
After the poster session and the lunch, a bus will bring you from the Double Mixte at 8:15 pm to the social event. You will be hosted on the Plateforme, a prestigious boat docked against the Rhône Riverbank. On the program: informal award ceremony, DJ and dance floor, and a lot of entertainment in order to relax and have fun together until 2 am! So we highly encourage all iGEM participants to attend.
Notes:
- You must have your iGEM name badge and your entrance tickets in order to gain access to the social event.
- Shuttle - buses will be available for you to go back to your hotel.
Animations
During the entire Jamboree, a lot of entertaining activities will be organized in order to have a great time: band, batucada and many more, will animate the entire Jamboree from your coming until your departure.
And mainly, don’t forget to train for the Flash Mob with the choreography video which will be available on the website very soon. We highly encourage all the iGEM participants to attend and thus create the most impressive iGEM Flash Mob !
